Lasting peace or temporary calm? Rebel group decapitation and civil war outcomes
| Autor: | Kirssa Cline Ryckman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Economics and Econometrics media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 0506 political science Spanish Civil War Political economy Political science Law Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration Quality (business) Decapitation Counter insurgency media_common |
| Zdroj: | Conflict Management and Peace Science. 37:172-192 |
| ISSN: | 1549-9219 0738-8942 |
| Popis: | Existing research has found that killing or capturing rebel group leaders can lead to the termination of civil wars. This paper considers the quality of those terminations, examining how wars end and whether this produces a lasting peace or only a temporary reprieve from violence. Decapitation is expected to weaken rebel groups, shifting the balance of power to the government; however, results suggest that killing or capturing a rebel group leader tends to produce termination through inactivity rather than outright government victories. Decapitation is also found to have no effect on the chances of civil war recurrence. This suggests that the removal of rebel group leaders is effective primarily as a short-term strategy that does not tend to generate a lasting peace. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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